18th Annual Documentary Series
Thing and Spirit Both
Sundays, 2 PM, Kerr McGee Auditorium in the Meinders School of Business
NW 27th Street and McKinley Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
A discussion session follows each film for those who wish to stay
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
Director: Dr. Harbour Winn, [email protected]
For More Information, Call (405) 208-5472
April 3, 2016, Kerr McGee Auditorium, 2 PM
Daniel Glick’s A Place to Stand, USA (2014), 86 min
A Place to Stand tells the story of celebrated poet and Santa Fe, New Mexico native Jimmy Santiago Baca. Baca was a petty thief and a drug dealer when he was sentenced to five years in Arizona State Prison, one of the deadliest prisons in America. He began his incarceration violent, angry and illiterate, yet taught himself how to read and write, discovering a passion for poetry that ultimately saved his life. The film is inspired by Baca’s best-selling memoir of the same name, published in 2001.
April 17, 2016, Kerr McGee Auditorium, 2 PM
Steve James' Life Itself, USA (2014), 120 min
Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) and executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) present Life Itself, a documentary that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert—a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent. Based on his bestselling memoir of the same name, Life Itself explores the legacy of Ebert's life, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America.
May 1, 2016, Kerr McGee Auditorium, 2 PM
Wim Wenders' The Salt of the Earth, USA & Brazil (2015), 110 min
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been traveling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet's beauty. Sebastião Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son, Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by Wim Wenders, himself a photographer. Oscar documentary nomination.
Admission to the film series is free, but donations help sustain the Institute's mission. Donations can be made at each film or mailed to the ³ûÖÊÓƵ Film Institute Endowment at ³ûÖÊÓƵ or the ³ûÖÊÓƵ Film Institute’s Designated Endowment in the Community Foundation of the Kirkpatrick Family Fund. ³ûÖÊÓƵ and the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund for the university’s Center for Interpersonal Studies through Film and Literature also support the Institute.
